Max Payne 3 review

Best known as a noir tale of a haunted cop delivering brutal justice to the streets and warehouses of New York, it turns out shooting hundreds of men in slow-motion is as well suited to broad daylight in Rio de Janeiro as it is to permanent twilight in...

Max Payne 3 spends more time and energy than it needs to trying to be a movie, when really it would be far better off not interrupting its own finely-tuned action. At least the well-observed writing keeps Max a sympathetic and refreshingly grumpy...

The graphic violence of Max Payne 3 won’t be to everyone’s taste, but the game is stylishly presented and will definitely appeal to Tarantino admirers and fans of TV programs like The Sopranos. The multiplayer modes are fun too, and will keep you...

Max Payne 3

Remedy's first two Max Payne titles were a real rarity in the lurid world of action games. They wore their nostalgia for film noire and Hong Kong cinema on their sleeves, but were also cuttingly self-aware, pointing out the more ludicrous aspects of...

Max Payne 3 is a real love-hate relationship. Just when the solo story is getting good, the gameplay will get clunky, the slow-mo will go unused or Max will do something dumb. But then you remember how fun and creative the multiplayer is, and you can't...

Max Payne 3 Review: Justice is served on PS3 in Max’s third outing

Max Payne 3 has our favorite former detective traveling to Brazil, and not to set up for the Olympics. Find out what we thought about his latest.

Max Payne 3 is an incredible single-player campaign, with an enjoyable multiplayer. Sure there’s loads of chit-chat and much less freedom than other Rockstar games, but this doesn’t do any serious injustice to such a great game. Max Payne 3 review...

Max Payne 3 PC Review

There was a time when we thought a third Max Payne game was never going to happen. The original developers, Remedy Entertainment, had sold off the franchise rights, and the new owners, Take Two, didn't seem to be interested in making a sequel. And...

Max Payne 3 contains a lot of wonderful, pretty moments and there is often a good chunk of substance there, but a few relatively small mistakes and technical issues have dragged it down a bit. There are times when I wished my crosshair wasn't a...

Max Payne 3 Review

Max Payne's had a hard life. Ten years ago, after returning home to find his wife and child dead, he went on a roaring rampage of film noir-inspired revenge that lasted two successful PC games and sent developer Remedy into AAA-developer status. A...

The shootout in a graveyard in New York, with Max taking cover behind the gravestone of his loved ones. Cheery game, this.

Max Payne 3 PC Review

It's been just shy of ten years since we last saw Max and at that point, he'd mostly survived the aftermath of an entire mansion collapsing around him. 9 and a bit years later Max has found himself once again at the bottom of a bottle, but this time in...

Good gameplay ; More shootdodging ; Good multiplayer twists

Cover system can be iffy at times ; Not as dark as the previous games ; Game was over too quickly

Max Payne 3

For Max Payne, the tragedies that took his loved ones years ago are wounds that refuse to heal. No longer a cop, close to washed up and addicted to pain killers, Max takes a job in Săo Paulo, Brazil, protecting the family of wealthy real estate mogul...